But Greens senator Scott Ludlam says the MRRT is not affecting Australia's international standing.

"I think what we really see from listing so high in this particular survey is that the campaigns the mining industry have been running against dealing with climate change and against the mining tax are basically fraudulent. Polling is showing that people don't believe them anymore," he said.

Senator Ludlam says Australia should work on trying to arrest the mining boom.

"I don't think we can afford any longer to imagine as the Barnett Government does, that extractive industries and ever larger holes in the ground are going to see us through the next few decades," he said.

"So I think for Mr Moore to say we should open the doors even wider, is completely inappropriate.

"We need to take a look at how to cool the mining boom, so that we don't do further harm to the rest of the economy."

Senator Ludlam says the Greens will be seeking to amend the legislation for the MRRT to try to bring it closer to the original mining tax concept.